Myanmar junta air strike kills five family members, including child, in Sagaing Region

Mizzima

A midnight air strike launched by Myanmar junta forces on Nat Hmaw Oo village in the eastern part of Wetlet Township killed five family members, including a two-year-old child, when a bomb directly hit their house and exploded, according to the Wetlet Information Network.

Ko Naga Lay, the person in charge of the Wetlet Information Network, stated that two 250-pound bombs were dropped at 12:06 AM on 2 December by a jet fighter that took off from Tada-U Air Base.

“They fired directly into the village. All the family members in the house where the bomb fell died, and the house completely vanished. Other houses around it were also destroyed,” Ko Naga Lay said.

The victims of the air strike were identified as Ko Shine Ko (25), his wife Ma Su Myat Lin (24), their daughter Shwe Pon San (2), Maung Maung Win (21), and Yan Naing Win (40).

In addition to the fatalities, more than five local residents, including two more children, sustained injuries, and five houses were destroyed, Ko Naga Lay reported.

He added, “One of the two children was hit in the eye, and the other was hit in the head. The rest are known to be adults.”

Nat Hmaw Oo village is located on the bank of the Ayeyarwady River in eastern Wetlet Township.

Revolutionary forces issued a statement arguing that since there were no revolutionary troops’ bases in the village and no fighting took place, conducting such an air strike while the civilian population was sleeping constitutes a war crime targeting the people.

The attack follows a previous incident in the township on 27 November, when junta forces fired heavy weaponry, killing a woman in Aung Chan Thar Ywar Thit village.